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>> glor: jim axelrod, thank you, jim. the weather threat is also throwing presidential campaign plans off course. with nine days until the election, both candidates adjusted schedules. both canceling events in virginia to focus on other swing states. jan crawford reports. >> reporter: in washington, the president was briefed by fema officials working to coordinate the government's response to the storm. >> this is a serious and big storm. >> reporter: sandy has turned campaign schedules upside down, especially as senator mark warner said in his home state of virginia. >> the storm will throw a little havoc into the race. i was supposed to be with the president and president clinton on monday. that rally has been canceled. >> reporter: the latest polls shows virginia now a dead heat and an important state for romney if he's to win on november 6th. he canceled three campaign events today in the state and instead spent the day in ohio with running mate paul ryan. >> let's, today when we get home, put in our prayers the peopl
>> glor: jim axelrod, thank you, jim. the weather threat is also throwing presidential campaign plans off course. with nine days until the election, both candidates adjusted schedules. both canceling events in virginia to focus on other swing states. jan crawford reports. >> reporter: in washington, the president was briefed by fema officials working to coordinate the government's response to the storm. >> this is a serious and big storm. >> reporter: sandy has turned...
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jim, what can we look forward to tonight? >> this is probably the worst of what we will see. headed forward, slowly improving. at its worst right now, we do see some heavy rain across the northeast and the planet. the heavy rain has sort of moved out of eastern pennsylvania and new jersey. moving onshore and the winds the winds continue to come in with a little that is why we why we are seeing the schools are continuing to be dangerous and -e unprecedented in many cases. central new jersey into coastal new england. as we are watching the high tide come in, that will decrease as we head through the night. winds are vessey, power outages widespread. sixty, 70, 80-mile per hour gusts. the rainfall further inland as
jim, what can we look forward to tonight? >> this is probably the worst of what we will see. headed forward, slowly improving. at its worst right now, we do see some heavy rain across the northeast and the planet. the heavy rain has sort of moved out of eastern pennsylvania and new jersey. moving onshore and the winds the winds continue to come in with a little that is why we why we are seeing the schools are continuing to be dangerous and -e unprecedented in many cases. central new...
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the big decision, as jim mentioned, is still to come. nbc's harry smith got in with a camera crew today, where the con-ed executives were facing what was for them an unprecedented decision. >> reporter: what are you anticipating having to do later on this evening? >> the big question is going to happen at about 8:00 tonight, when we're going to have to make a decision of whether to shut down the financial center of manhatta >> reporter: and what would that be predicated on? >> the water level, tide, we show back there it is forecasted to be somewhere between 11-12 peak. and that would be the highest tide the city has ever seen. >> and that is exactly what jim cantore was talking about. if that happens, if water throws into power systems underground, there goes wall street, it is already supposed to be closed tomorrow. we could be looking worst case at the rest of the week for the beating financial heart of the united states. and certainly, lower manhattan. we want to briefly show you a very rare sight, a live picture, and the -- hurrican
the big decision, as jim mentioned, is still to come. nbc's harry smith got in with a camera crew today, where the con-ed executives were facing what was for them an unprecedented decision. >> reporter: what are you anticipating having to do later on this evening? >> the big question is going to happen at about 8:00 tonight, when we're going to have to make a decision of whether to shut down the financial center of manhatta >> reporter: and what would that be predicated on?...
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jim axelrod has more from lower manhattan. >> reporter: good morning. new yorkers pride themselves on being intrepid. and right now we still have some people walking along the wall here in lower manhattan. in a couple of hours if they're here, we'll have to look for another adjective other than intrepid. the big worry here is that the surge of water could be as high as 11, 12 feet. that would get over the wall, into the subway systems and electrical systems, and that's what the big catastrophic worry is here in lower manhattan. the transit system shut down schools shut down. 375,000 people from the lowest lying areas in new york have been evacuated as the biggest city braces for the impacts of hurricane sandy. charlie? >> thank you. >> thank you. >>> meteorologist from cbs 4 has been watching sandy closely. jeff, this is getting scary based on reports you're pulling in. it sounds like this is getting worse. >> good morning, nor amp good morning, everyone. yeah. this storm is getting a little bit worse in the atlantic now. you see that the core of the sy
jim axelrod has more from lower manhattan. >> reporter: good morning. new yorkers pride themselves on being intrepid. and right now we still have some people walking along the wall here in lower manhattan. in a couple of hours if they're here, we'll have to look for another adjective other than intrepid. the big worry here is that the surge of water could be as high as 11, 12 feet. that would get over the wall, into the subway systems and electrical systems, and that's what the big...
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jim axelrod is there tonight. jim. >> reporter: well, scott, this water-filled tunnel behind me is just one of the many challenges sandy has left for new yorkers who are facing a transportation nightmare. on this road into new york city, gasoline may be hard to find, but frustration summer is not. >> get in front of me! get in front of me! if it makes you happy. >> reporter: supply isn't the problem. it's the power blackouts that are keeping pumps from operating. >> move it! move it! >> reporter: aaa says just a third of stations are open in new jersey and long island. this line was three hours long. >> worth the wait. >> reporter: hours waiting for gas is followed by hours to get over a bridge or through a tunnel. to reduce congestion, police are turning away cars with less than three people until midnight tomorrow. >> move the line to the front! let's go! >> reporter: new york city buses resumed running today, and they were crammed tight. cedric taylor is a security guard headed back to work. >> you have to be p
jim axelrod is there tonight. jim. >> reporter: well, scott, this water-filled tunnel behind me is just one of the many challenges sandy has left for new yorkers who are facing a transportation nightmare. on this road into new york city, gasoline may be hard to find, but frustration summer is not. >> get in front of me! get in front of me! if it makes you happy. >> reporter: supply isn't the problem. it's the power blackouts that are keeping pumps from operating. >> move...
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jim axelrod is at battery park in manhattan, which was inundated with water. jim, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie. high tide has come here. at least in this part of battery park, the water is not threatening to come over the wall, which is at least one piece of good news in a city that is facing more than its share of trouble. superstorm sandy made landfall late monday. a wet and windy nightmare. >> we knew that this was going to be a very dangerous storm and the storm has met our expectations. >> reporter: actually, sandy exceeded them. around 9:00 pm the storm produced a record surge at battery park in manhattan, 14.88 feet breaching the sea wall and flooding the area. manhattan's waterfront seemed to disappear as the surge rushed over the wall. >> it's the unknown. it's the storm of the century. >> reporter: roads and cars were quickly covered, ground zero was en engulfed and across the harbor in brooklyn, so much flooding at coney island that emergency responders couldn't reach the area. the corrosive sea water headed underground to new yo
jim axelrod is at battery park in manhattan, which was inundated with water. jim, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie. high tide has come here. at least in this part of battery park, the water is not threatening to come over the wall, which is at least one piece of good news in a city that is facing more than its share of trouble. superstorm sandy made landfall late monday. a wet and windy nightmare. >> we knew that this was going to be a very dangerous storm and the...
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jim smith: i'm voting for question seven. ken ulman: i'm voting for question seven. stephanie rawlings-blake: and i'm voting for question seven. >> the heavy rain is moving into the baltimore area around the beltway and up and down 83. you see here the bright orange and red on h.d. doppler around towson, cockeysville, down to glen burnie and annapolis. these are the outer bands of the storm. it is a couple hundreds miles the coast but it is huge. western suburbs it is pretty light and will stay that way for while. we can get a better view here. the circulation and all of that. here are the outer bands on the close-up. it is 250 miles east-southeast of ocean city. in the mountains we are starting to see snow. there are blizzard warnings in effect for the mountains of west virginia, western pennsylvania and western maryland. they will have snow on the back of this with hurricane force conditions near the beach and over the water. incredible situation. the winds are not bad around baltimore. it will stay that way this morning. i don't expect big gusts expect the beaches
jim smith: i'm voting for question seven. ken ulman: i'm voting for question seven. stephanie rawlings-blake: and i'm voting for question seven. >> the heavy rain is moving into the baltimore area around the beltway and up and down 83. you see here the bright orange and red on h.d. doppler around towson, cockeysville, down to glen burnie and annapolis. these are the outer bands of the storm. it is a couple hundreds miles the coast but it is huge. western suburbs it is pretty light and...
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>> mason: jim axelrod, thanks, jim. that was dramatic rescue at sea aboard a ship you may recognize from the movies. and two presidential campaigns are derailed by a hurricane. that's ju,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> mason: the hurricane forced the presidential candidates to suspend their campaigning for a couple days. john dickerson is our political director. john, with just a week until election day, how is this going to affect their campaigns? >> reporter: well, no candidate wants to look like he's taking political advantage of this cry seusz so with a week before the election this should be a time of frantic political activity but now the campaigns have to pear way back and calibrate every political move. usually at this time the campaigns are trying to hone their message down to a single simple closing argument to punch through the voters. but that's been interrupted and complicated now. both men have canceled a series of campaign events. the president has an official role and his strategists are trying to both highlight that r
>> mason: jim axelrod, thanks, jim. that was dramatic rescue at sea aboard a ship you may recognize from the movies. and two presidential campaigns are derailed by a hurricane. that's ju,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> mason: the hurricane forced the presidential candidates to suspend their campaigning for a couple days. john dickerson is our political director. john, with just a week until election day, how is this going to affect their campaigns? >> reporter: well, no candidate wants to...
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jim, i see the rough seas out there. this doesn't make any sense to me historically. i grew up in a country, philadelphia, where you had a certain number of snows every winter which were normal. you had your hurricane season around august/september and it was down south. now what is this? we're not getting involved in the big fight over global warming or climate change. what is going on? >> reporter: this is just a late season hybrid. here is the deal. what we've seen in the last several days, i will try to make it as brief as i can, chris, is what we call high latitude blocking. what climatologists and meteorologists are looking at is the fact that the globe are warming and we're seeing what we call high latitude blocks, and what that does is just like a traffic jam, when the traffic stops up there, it's going to eventually stop right here. and, unfortunately, that's starting to have implications on what's going on with our midlatitude weather systems. more droughts, more floods, more strange systems like this that we certainly aren't used to seeing. that's potential
jim, i see the rough seas out there. this doesn't make any sense to me historically. i grew up in a country, philadelphia, where you had a certain number of snows every winter which were normal. you had your hurricane season around august/september and it was down south. now what is this? we're not getting involved in the big fight over global warming or climate change. what is going on? >> reporter: this is just a late season hybrid. here is the deal. what we've seen in the last several...
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let me play what senator jim webb said to chuck todd on this issue. take a listen. >> how in the name of the lord can the democratic party, the party of andrew jackson, only be getting 28 periods of time of the white male working class vote? from my perspective it's because of the interest group politics in the democratic party, that particular cultural group doesn't believe the democrats like that. >> are some white voters turned off by the democratic party? if so, where does the popular clinton factor come in? >> the president is there and will be in ohio for a reason. the president can bring into focus the idea that with the right economic policies and if you stick with it, as we did in 1995 and 1996, prosperity comes along. the real key numbers in ohio are look at the unemployment rate when the president came into office and where it is now. it's down i think nearly 50%. the auto bailout, some of the president's investments in manufacturing have really paid off in ohio, frankly, at the end of the day we can talk back and forth about different demo
let me play what senator jim webb said to chuck todd on this issue. take a listen. >> how in the name of the lord can the democratic party, the party of andrew jackson, only be getting 28 periods of time of the white male working class vote? from my perspective it's because of the interest group politics in the democratic party, that particular cultural group doesn't believe the democrats like that. >> are some white voters turned off by the democratic party? if so, where does the...
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. >> our national political correspondent jim acosta and white house correspondent jessica yellin. the candidates' messages are very different but their itinerary couldn't be more similar, could it? >> that's right. they are basically battling for the same swing states over the next three days, three final days of this campaign. mitt romney is in ohio right now, he goes to new hampshire tomorrow morning, then heads to iowa, colorado and later this weekend, heading into monday, he goes to virginia and florida. you know, anderson, you can lay the battleground map for president obama and mitt romney almost on top of one another, because their schedules are so similar. >> jessica, all year long, people have been pointing to this final jobs report the weekend before the election day. doesn't seem to have made much of a splash, does it? >> reporter: a little bit of both, anderson. the jobs numbers in the end seem to be sort of a wash. they give something for both campaigns to talk about. the president today acknowledged the numbers and pointed out that there was an increase in private se
. >> our national political correspondent jim acosta and white house correspondent jessica yellin. the candidates' messages are very different but their itinerary couldn't be more similar, could it? >> that's right. they are basically battling for the same swing states over the next three days, three final days of this campaign. mitt romney is in ohio right now, he goes to new hampshire tomorrow morning, then heads to iowa, colorado and later this weekend, heading into monday, he...
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jim cantore in lower manhattan for us tonight. thanks. >>> as we come on the air, they're just beginning to feel the effects on north carolina's outer banks. weather channel meteorologist julie martin joins us now from nags head. julie, how are things there? >> reporter: good evening, lester. things are definitely deteriorating in nags head. we are getting lashed with outer rain bands from sandy, even though it is still well offshore from the carolinas and to my south. just goes to show you the size and strength of this storm. the worst, however, is yet to come here in the outer banks. in fact, late tonight and overnight we're going to be dealing with tropical storm conditions, high winds, coastal flooding. possibly even power outages. now, most of the residents here, they've been through nor'easters and hurricanes and tropic the systems many time, and they've decided to ride it out, but one man here told me a long time resident that he's not sure about this strange storm named sandy. and he's not really letting his guard down jus
jim cantore in lower manhattan for us tonight. thanks. >>> as we come on the air, they're just beginning to feel the effects on north carolina's outer banks. weather channel meteorologist julie martin joins us now from nags head. julie, how are things there? >> reporter: good evening, lester. things are definitely deteriorating in nags head. we are getting lashed with outer rain bands from sandy, even though it is still well offshore from the carolinas and to my south. just goes...
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and that is where jim cantore is. >> reporter: and a good note, too, con-ed knew this was coming and shut down the power, just could be a major catastrophe in terms of electric. and i want to take you back, here we are, this is probably about 30 yards from the actual railing here at the sea wall. i'm going to walk back as far as i can. and you can see the water coming here in waves here. just like mike, we're going to try and light this as fast as we can, and show you. but this is as high as the park bench is here, the two and a half, three feet surge here, the highest for battery park in new york city. when can you remember this? being in manhattan, lower part of town, brooklyn, not seeing any lights, we have had many, many power surges here tonight, and we're talking about it looking like the fourth of july. the water continues to roll in. we understand now, we've just heard a report in the subways, the water is starting to enter the subways, and that is what we heard from irene, we know the surge is two feet higher than that so now the water is coming in the sub wways. we understa
and that is where jim cantore is. >> reporter: and a good note, too, con-ed knew this was coming and shut down the power, just could be a major catastrophe in terms of electric. and i want to take you back, here we are, this is probably about 30 yards from the actual railing here at the sea wall. i'm going to walk back as far as i can. and you can see the water coming here in waves here. just like mike, we're going to try and light this as fast as we can, and show you. but this is as high...
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jim axelrod is on that part of the story. jim? >> reporter: well, scott, that news is exactly what people in parts of manhattan with no power atve been waiting all week to hear. >> well, my kids have been sleeping here. .> reporter: it can't happen soon enough for 71-year-old judi crespo. -ydi's been cooking soup over sister know and, with her elevator out, hasn't left her place in four days. >> well, i'm desperate. i'm desperate to have the izectricity back on. you don't realize how much you rely on it. >> reporter: a few blocks away from judi, con ed workers like john sullivan and his crew are pulling grates off of flooded transformer vaults. in go pumps and out flows water. the vaults hold transformers that are supposed to work even after being submerged, but they need to be checked. >> this particular transformer is made to go underwater so it should be fine. atsed on our experience it should be absolutely fine. >> reporter: of the 3.2 million customers without power, 80% of them are in new york or new jersey. >> we've got mor
jim axelrod is on that part of the story. jim? >> reporter: well, scott, that news is exactly what people in parts of manhattan with no power atve been waiting all week to hear. >> well, my kids have been sleeping here. .> reporter: it can't happen soon enough for 71-year-old judi crespo. -ydi's been cooking soup over sister know and, with her elevator out, hasn't left her place in four days. >> well, i'm desperate. i'm desperate to have the izectricity back on. you don't...
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accuweather's jim dickey. thank you, jim. >>> sandy is bringing air travel to a standstill along the east coast impacting travelers as far as europe and asia. >> amazing. so far more than 7,000 flights have been canceled through the evening. abc's lisa stark has more. >> reporter: at new york's la guardia airport, a madhouse, travelers scramble to get out before the storm comes in. >> we are trying to get back to raleigh, north carolina and we are stuck. >> we are basically almost having nervous breakdowns. >> reporter: the airlines are taking no chances starting to cancel flights from washington, d.c. northward. united delta, southwest, american, jet blue and usairways all announcing they will be closed for business on the east coast. a massive shutdown that will ripple nationwide. >> when there are flight cancellations in major hub cities like new york, like philadelphia, like washington, d.c. that affects travelers all over the country. >> reporter: airlines will remove planes from airports in the hurricane
accuweather's jim dickey. thank you, jim. >>> sandy is bringing air travel to a standstill along the east coast impacting travelers as far as europe and asia. >> amazing. so far more than 7,000 flights have been canceled through the evening. abc's lisa stark has more. >> reporter: at new york's la guardia airport, a madhouse, travelers scramble to get out before the storm comes in. >> we are trying to get back to raleigh, north carolina and we are stuck. >> we...
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accuweather's jim dickey. the size of this thing, that's what makes it so spectacular. don't pay attention to category 1 or anything like that. it's the size and how long this thing is going to hang around. days majority of the week, the real danger here. >> once it really forms with the two cells. it gains strength. frightening. >> feeding off the cold front and jet stream. >> kinetic energy. energy in motion. >>> well, the governor of connecticut is calling sandy the largest threat to human life in this state and anyone's lifetime. utility and road crews are standing by to work on what could be major power outages. a record storm surge, threatening more than 300 homes forced evacuations along the coast. governor dan malloy said the last time we saw anything like this was -- never. >> telling quote. >>> there are dire predictions about the power outages ahead. potentially millions of people without electricity for many, many days. >> and utility companies are doing what they can to get ahead of this disaster,
accuweather's jim dickey. the size of this thing, that's what makes it so spectacular. don't pay attention to category 1 or anything like that. it's the size and how long this thing is going to hang around. days majority of the week, the real danger here. >> once it really forms with the two cells. it gains strength. frightening. >> feeding off the cold front and jet stream. >> kinetic energy. energy in motion. >>> well, the governor of connecticut is calling sandy...
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jim axelrod reports the trouble was just beginning. >> reporter: workers are now taking down the boards that were supposed to keep water out of subway stations and loading sandbags back on to the truck. having done their best in a battle they could have never won. there was no way to prepare that would have kept the water out? >> no, no. no way. how are you going to stop water? water does what it wants to do. >> reporter: seven tunnels linking manhattan to brooklyn and queens are flooded. the signals, switches and third rails are covered with sludge. m.t.a. workman john o'neil went down for a look in the south ferry station and reported back. >> it's probably up to the two poles from the top. full to the top. forget about it. >> reporter: even after the water has gone away, 6,200 subway cars must be inspected along with 600 miles of track and 468 subway stations. >> the m.t.a. last night faced a disaster as devastating at it has ever faced. >> reporter: joe loda is chairman of the metropolitan transit authority. >> sandy wreaked havoc on the entire transportation system, the subways, bu
jim axelrod reports the trouble was just beginning. >> reporter: workers are now taking down the boards that were supposed to keep water out of subway stations and loading sandbags back on to the truck. having done their best in a battle they could have never won. there was no way to prepare that would have kept the water out? >> no, no. no way. how are you going to stop water? water does what it wants to do. >> reporter: seven tunnels linking manhattan to brooklyn and queens...
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good morning, jim. >> good morning, rob and paula. well, the worst looks like it is over here. sandy will slowly weaken as we head forward. a look at radar imagery, the northeast and mid-atlantic. >> okay. technical difficulty there. we apologize for that too. the question we were talking about earlier, the brunt of the storm is over. at issue, back surge, we are talking about, of course, high tide, as well, in a few hours this morning. >> i was talking with our meteorologist ginger zee. i said is it over? what more can we expect? she says there will be a back surge. with the back surge, you might expect higher wind. we don't know to anticipate more flooding, probably going to come when the sunrises. when the sun rises that's when we'll see the aftermath of the extent of the storm. sam champion our weather editor said, quote, this is the scenario everyone feared when making disaster plans. >> that's why, nickname it the perfect storms. so many dangerous factors collided and now we are seeing the aftermath of that. speak of aftermath, at least one of the nine nuclear plants in s
good morning, jim. >> good morning, rob and paula. well, the worst looks like it is over here. sandy will slowly weaken as we head forward. a look at radar imagery, the northeast and mid-atlantic. >> okay. technical difficulty there. we apologize for that too. the question we were talking about earlier, the brunt of the storm is over. at issue, back surge, we are talking about, of course, high tide, as well, in a few hours this morning. >> i was talking with our meteorologist...
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thank you, jim. i just want to sort of reiterate what jim said. come behind me if you can show this. i want to show our viewers. this is how we do it, right? to the right here on this side, this is my rundown so i sort of know what's going on and i kind of go by that wherever it takes me. on this side, these are the advisory wires. this advisory wire is saying what jim is saying. president obama has -- let's move down here. president obama declared a state of emergency for the commonwealth of massachusetts. then it says the president on monday will return to the white house following an event in orlando, florida, to monitor hurricane sandy. that's according to a release from the white house. this is all just coming in. as we look here, the metro in washington, d.c., closed on monday due to hurricane sandy. unclear when the service will be restored. that's according to the transit authorities. they don't know in a city as big as washington, d.c., when they're going to get their mass transit back up. a lot of people don't even have cars. so there's
thank you, jim. i just want to sort of reiterate what jim said. come behind me if you can show this. i want to show our viewers. this is how we do it, right? to the right here on this side, this is my rundown so i sort of know what's going on and i kind of go by that wherever it takes me. on this side, these are the advisory wires. this advisory wire is saying what jim is saying. president obama has -- let's move down here. president obama declared a state of emergency for the commonwealth of...
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some of the rail service is now returning, and jim axelrod takes us down under. >> reporter: where are we? >> we're down here at the main exit and entrance of south ferry terminal. >> reporter: joe leader of m.t.a. transportation took us down for a look at the hardest hit of all 468 new york city subway stations. south ferry, at the southern tip of manhattan. >> we had barricaded up top with wood plywood and sandbags to keep the water out, but when the surge came, it brought down all this material that doesn't belong here. large pieces of lumber, and that broke through the barrier and allowed more water to come in. >> reporter: that's water just a few steps down from the top of the steps. but the tracks are another two levels underneath that. so as much as the water's gone down, we're still two levels worth of water till we get to the tracks? >> absolutely. >> reporter: it will take a week alone just to pump out the water. but the subway system will begin limited service tomorrow. limited mass transit has left city streets choked with cars, a telling sign of just how badly the city nee
some of the rail service is now returning, and jim axelrod takes us down under. >> reporter: where are we? >> we're down here at the main exit and entrance of south ferry terminal. >> reporter: joe leader of m.t.a. transportation took us down for a look at the hardest hit of all 468 new york city subway stations. south ferry, at the southern tip of manhattan. >> we had barricaded up top with wood plywood and sandbags to keep the water out, but when the surge came, it...
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you know, jim, did you ever think you would have an opportunity to really be taking pictures of this massive phenomenon that would include, you know, massive snow amount, blizzard conditions in some ports of the -- parts of the country and fluting in others and high hurricane-force winds? >> caller: if we sat down and i showed you recorded notes and other photographs, having done this 21 years, there is a pattern. i have seen more storms, i have seen bigger storms and i can't tell you why, you but i have been shooting more pictures and brewing more people. i think we have entered a new age of weather. i hope this is the last sandy-type storm we ever have. but i fear with us just having irene last year. i think we are up to this is the 56th named tropical cyclone in 3 years, that we need to be ready for whatever might be next. >> we have to wrap you up. thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. >> we'll be right back. >> caller: thank you. oh...there you go. wooohooo....hahaahahaha! i'm gonna stand up to her! no you're not. i know. you know ronny folks who save hundreds of dollars s
you know, jim, did you ever think you would have an opportunity to really be taking pictures of this massive phenomenon that would include, you know, massive snow amount, blizzard conditions in some ports of the -- parts of the country and fluting in others and high hurricane-force winds? >> caller: if we sat down and i showed you recorded notes and other photographs, having done this 21 years, there is a pattern. i have seen more storms, i have seen bigger storms and i can't tell you...
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let's go back now to sam. >> thanks, jim. by the way, jim, we want to rerack the piece on the coastal area and just show you the trouble that matt gutman got into. standing close to the shoreline. he was timing those waves out. watching that water move in. he's been in these situations a lot, by the way. and it even caught him. so our people are now being pulled off the shoreline now. we're pulling up. we're getting into a safer location. this is a perfect opportunity for us to tell you that we're out koecovering a storm -- unlia storm we have ever seen before. and you can see the water swamping up around us. even right here at battery park. we're able to do this because we've seen these storms but this storm, it's very unpredictable. please do not try to get anywhere near the coastal waters. just take it easy. when the debris is flying and winds are flying, george, it's going to be really, really tough out here. >> we can see that. >>> there are many more angles to a superstorm. josh is here with that. >>> we're going to beg
let's go back now to sam. >> thanks, jim. by the way, jim, we want to rerack the piece on the coastal area and just show you the trouble that matt gutman got into. standing close to the shoreline. he was timing those waves out. watching that water move in. he's been in these situations a lot, by the way. and it even caught him. so our people are now being pulled off the shoreline now. we're pulling up. we're getting into a safer location. this is a perfect opportunity for us to tell you...
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. >> jim accosta is in cleveland, ohio, with the romney campaign, so, jim, we know that both of these men have canceled their events and from the romney folks' perspective, from their campaign, what was the thinking behind it? >> well, suzanne, i think when the president started containsing his events, it probably started to dawn on the romney campaign that it would be difficult to get out there and do a whole lot of campaigning in a time of national crisis. >> as you mentioned, the romney campaign did announce earlier today it is cancelling events for this evening and tomorrow. it is going to go ahead and carry through with an event set for davenport, iowa, later on this afternoon, and then that's it. suzanne, basically this campaign is in a holding pattern. it is in limbo until all of this passes. just so everybody knows, the governor is not going to be down for the next day and a half. they say don't describe it like that. the other thing we don't know where he will physically be. we assume at this point, suzanne, that they are work out those logistics. earlier today at an event ju
. >> jim accosta is in cleveland, ohio, with the romney campaign, so, jim, we know that both of these men have canceled their events and from the romney folks' perspective, from their campaign, what was the thinking behind it? >> well, suzanne, i think when the president started containsing his events, it probably started to dawn on the romney campaign that it would be difficult to get out there and do a whole lot of campaigning in a time of national crisis. >> as you...
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jim, jacki and chris are holding down the fort. another hour of the show next here on the "stephanie miller show." ónñ p16601?
jim, jacki and chris are holding down the fort. another hour of the show next here on the "stephanie miller show." ónñp16601?
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according to the weather channel's jim cantore, there's a wind field that is 900 miles wide. here is what air travel looks like along the eastern sea board this evening. that picture is going to change over the next 12 to 24 hours. close to 7,000 flights scheduled to take off this evening and tomorrow have been canceled as a result of this massive hurricane. joining us now is nbc news meteorologist, dylan drier. as this going down as the largest storm, explain why they shouldn't be fools when it's a cat 1 storm. >> that's the problem. a category 1 hurricane you don't worry about. the problem is the sheer size of this storm. this is not just a category 1 hurricane. it's almost a hybrid as it transforms from a hurricane into a nor'easter with the strong easty winds that storm surge moves on shore. it's the sheer size of the storm. we are not tracking the eye of the storm. no matter where it makes land fall from new jersey to delaware to maryland, we are looking at the potential for the tropical force storm winds to extend out several hundred miles. it will be windy and a long d
according to the weather channel's jim cantore, there's a wind field that is 900 miles wide. here is what air travel looks like along the eastern sea board this evening. that picture is going to change over the next 12 to 24 hours. close to 7,000 flights scheduled to take off this evening and tomorrow have been canceled as a result of this massive hurricane. joining us now is nbc news meteorologist, dylan drier. as this going down as the largest storm, explain why they shouldn't be fools when...
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jim acosta, thank you. with forecasters calling for a day and a half of hurricane-force winds, rain, even snow, how are people supposed to prepare for this? we'll talk to russell honory, the man who commanded after hurricane katrina. there he is live in action. he's here with me in studio moments away. [ man ] in hong kong, on my way to the board meeting... anne's tablet called my phone. anne's tablet was chatting with a tablet in sydney... a desktop in zurich... and a telepresence room in brazil. the secure cloud helped us get some numbers from my assistant's pc in new york. and before i reached the top, the board meeting became a congrats we sold the company party. wait til my wife's phone hears about this. [ cellphone vibrating ] [ female announcer ] with cisco at the center, working together has never worked so well. we have so much technology in our store to really show the customers what's going on with their bodies. now you can feel what happens as we raise your sleep number setting and allow the bed
jim acosta, thank you. with forecasters calling for a day and a half of hurricane-force winds, rain, even snow, how are people supposed to prepare for this? we'll talk to russell honory, the man who commanded after hurricane katrina. there he is live in action. he's here with me in studio moments away. [ man ] in hong kong, on my way to the board meeting... anne's tablet called my phone. anne's tablet was chatting with a tablet in sydney... a desktop in zurich... and a telepresence room in...
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jim smith: i'm voting for question seven. ken ulman: i'm voting for question seven. stephanie rawlings-blake: and i'm voting for question seven. >>> and you're looking at a live picture of nags, head, north carolina, as the country anticipates and braces for hurricane sandy, this is a monster of a storm, you see the seafoam developing there and spraying towards the camera. it's going to be cold there as well, not good news. >> this is just the early signs there. you see matt gutman walking into frame. this is the early sign, this is rehoboth beach. we're expecting days and days of much, much worse. good morning, america, i'm dan harris. alongside bianna golodryga. that's the first time i have ever mispronounced your last name. bianna golodryga, everybody. it's october 28th. we're talking about that epic superstorm this morning. in a few moments, we'll tell you about the travel delays this storm has caused. it hasn't even made landfall. hundreds of flight cancellations and it's threatening to cause a domino effect for air travel all over the country. amtrak traveling
jim smith: i'm voting for question seven. ken ulman: i'm voting for question seven. stephanie rawlings-blake: and i'm voting for question seven. >>> and you're looking at a live picture of nags, head, north carolina, as the country anticipates and braces for hurricane sandy, this is a monster of a storm, you see the seafoam developing there and spraying towards the camera. it's going to be cold there as well, not good news. >> this is just the early signs there. you see matt...
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jim acosta is with the romney campaign in north canton, ohio. brian brianna keilar is at the white house. is the romney campaign showing any signs of concern over their ability to win ohio? >> i just talked to a senior romney advisor who said no, they are going to win ohio, but he did say this race in this state is going to come down to independents. whoever wins independents in the words of this romney advisor, that candidate is going to win ohio. now, there's a little bit of spin in that because if you look at recent polling like an abc news/"washington post" poll that came out yesterday, governor romney is doing well among independent voters so it makes sense they would be talking about that advantage right now. at the same time, there are signs that yes, the romney campaign is concerned about this state and talking a little bit about what john king was mentioning a few moments ago about the auto bailout, we heard one of romney's top surrogates, rob portman, defend mitt romney's stance on the auto bailout. he of course opposed the auto bailou
jim acosta is with the romney campaign in north canton, ohio. brian brianna keilar is at the white house. is the romney campaign showing any signs of concern over their ability to win ohio? >> i just talked to a senior romney advisor who said no, they are going to win ohio, but he did say this race in this state is going to come down to independents. whoever wins independents in the words of this romney advisor, that candidate is going to win ohio. now, there's a little bit of spin in...
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"mad money" with jim cramer starts right now. >>> i'm jim cramer and welcome to my world. you need to get in the game! they're nuts, they're nuts! they know nothing! i always like to say there's a bull market somewhere. "mad money." you can't afford to miss it. hey, i'm cramer. welcome to "mad money." welcome to cramerica. other people want to make friends. i'm just trying to save you some money. my job is not just to entertain you, fwou educate -- but to educate you, so call me. china. china. the people's republic is more important than we are. that's my conclusion after today's session where the averages rocked a bit higher. the dow gaining 136 points. the nasdaq growing 1.44%. i never want to sell the united states short, ever. hurricane sandy could impact the entire nation as federal money and private insurance starts paying off and construction comes back with a vengeance. auto and home industries are coming back with more confidence than ever. and there is real hope in the air that tomorrow's big employment report might show some nice gains. the jobs report were a ta
"mad money" with jim cramer starts right now. >>> i'm jim cramer and welcome to my world. you need to get in the game! they're nuts, they're nuts! they know nothing! i always like to say there's a bull market somewhere. "mad money." you can't afford to miss it. hey, i'm cramer. welcome to "mad money." welcome to cramerica. other people want to make friends. i'm just trying to save you some money. my job is not just to entertain you, fwou educate -- but to...
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we'll be able to get to whatever sandy brings to us. >> we're glad to hear jim redick, director of emergency operation in norfolk this morning. right back to zorida a look at other stories making news. >> good morning. hurricane sandy is having an impact on the presidential race. with just eight days until election day, both romney and obama campaign have suspended e-mail fund-raising in some states in the storm's path. virginia, pennsylvania, new jersey, north carolina and the district of columbia. both candidates kansas selled campaign events scheduled for virginia. >>> president obama garnered the support of the blade in toledo ohio. pittsburgh post gazette and detroit free press. mitt romney was endorsed by the des moines register in des moines and the press enter vice in riverside, california. and it is a san francisco sweep. the giants beat detroit tiger last night to win the world series in four straight. game four went extra innings. san francisco winning. pablo san val was named the series' mvp. he says this years he year's giants were special. >> it's a team. i say thank you to my
we'll be able to get to whatever sandy brings to us. >> we're glad to hear jim redick, director of emergency operation in norfolk this morning. right back to zorida a look at other stories making news. >> good morning. hurricane sandy is having an impact on the presidential race. with just eight days until election day, both romney and obama campaign have suspended e-mail fund-raising in some states in the storm's path. virginia, pennsylvania, new jersey, north carolina and the...
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jim axelrod is in lower manhattan with that part of the story. jim, what can you tell us? >> reporter: good morning. a million customers are still without power in the new york metropolitan area. power is not expected to be back on until this weekend at the earliest. bus service has resumed in new york city, although subways will be out of service for several days, at least. we have some dramatic video we want to show you of rescues from rooftops in staten island. five adults and a child in total rescued by new york police department helicopters. they were trapped in their homes, made it to rooftops. the rescues carried out by nypd's helicopter 23, which was named after the 23 nypd officers killed on 9/11. of course, this is the biggest challenge the city has faced since 9/11. for as many dramatic pictures as we've been showing you the last couple of days, we have more mundane but just as meaningful picture for folks that are interested in at least some small steps to getting back to normal, pictures of the ferry service resuming from new jersey to this ferry station in lo
jim axelrod is in lower manhattan with that part of the story. jim, what can you tell us? >> reporter: good morning. a million customers are still without power in the new york metropolitan area. power is not expected to be back on until this weekend at the earliest. bus service has resumed in new york city, although subways will be out of service for several days, at least. we have some dramatic video we want to show you of rescues from rooftops in staten island. five adults and a child...